Raimundo was a counselor Reserve since 2012 and also participated in the Rural Workers Union of Bom Jardim, opposing the action of loggers in the region.
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Why did the Brazilian government present a doubled rate of deforestation?
On August 14, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) presented the official rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2013 and July 2014. This result is 3% higher than the number announced in November 2014.[:]
Why the Brazilian government published twice the rate of deforestation?
On August 14, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) presented the official rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2013 and July 2014. This result is 3% higher than the number announced in November 2014.
Ibama dismantles criminal scheme of loggers in Mato Grosso, Brazil
In the so-called “Nortão” of that state, the operation “Green Grid” found a network that falsified documents to facilitate the sale of illegally logged timber.
Dirty gold from Ecuador goes on commercial flights to United States
OjoPúblico acceded to Ecuatorians records of exports of gold, and identified 140 companies that sent on commercial flights 74 tons of gold abroad, which had as main destinations US companies between 2011 and 2014.
INPE confirms: 2014 had the second lowest deforestation in the Amazon
Forest loss decreased by 15% in 2014, and not 18%, as presented in the preliminary data. Last year were lost 5,012 square kilometers of forest
ATTO: The highest and tallest environmental research structure in South America
Was inaugurated, 150 km from Manaus, the Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO). The largest structure of environmental research in South America to collect accurate data on the interaction of the Amazon rainforest
Projeto Saúde e Alegria: The climate change in the Amazon of Joalace
What is happening with the climate of the Amazon? From this question, the film “Climate Change in the Amazon of Joalace” points to the looks, to the doubts and certainties of Science and riverside communities on this phenomenon.
Researchers discover new monkey in the trees of the Amazon
Researchers describe new species of primate of the Amazon rainforest. Although newly discovered, the animal may already be at risk of extinction by loss of habitat due to deforestation.
Giant otters are returning to the Amana Sustainable Development Reserve
Animals virtually disappeared, persecuted because of their skin but today the population is expanding in this reserve within the Amazon State.